{
 "slug": "cut-on-sentence-end",
 "name": "Cut on the end of a sentence",
 "category": "transition",
 "group": "Cuts",
 "media": [
  "video"
 ],
 "checked": "2026-11-13",
 "effect": "The picture changes when the thought does, so a slow film still feels edited.",
 "use_when": "Voice-over stories and brand films with long holds.",
 "phrase": "hold each scene on a slow push and cut on the last word of the sentence",
 "pitfalls": [
  {
   "text": "A story reel measured at 2.03 changes per 10 seconds with a median hold of 4.1 seconds cuts this way; a scene change in mid-sentence is its listed failure.",
   "evidence": "measured",
   "source": "Director Chair measurement of a published short, 23 Oct 2026"
  }
 ],
 "per_model": [],
 "external_refs": [],
 "licensed": [],
 "site_names": [],
 "related": [
  "slow-zoom-in",
  "edit-low-poly-parable"
 ],
 "rights": "own-work",
 "evidence": "measured",
 "source": {
  "url": null,
  "note": "Own words from Director Chair measurement of a published short, Oct 2026"
 },
 "body": "",
 "shown_with": {
  "slug": "slow-zoom-in",
  "name": "Slow zoom in",
  "category": "move",
  "label": "Shown with: Slow zoom in",
  "site": "aicameramovements",
  "credit": "AI Camera Movements (aicameramovements.com)",
  "source_url": "https://aicameramovements.com/previews/hq/05-slow-zoom-in-hq.mp4",
  "media": {
   "video": "/media/aicameramovements/05-slow-zoom-in-hq.mp4",
   "card": "/media/aicameramovements/05-slow-zoom-in-hq-card.mp4",
   "poster": "/media/aicameramovements/05-slow-zoom-in-hq.jpg",
   "card_poster": "/media/aicameramovements/05-slow-zoom-in-hq-card.jpg",
   "width": 1280,
   "height": 720,
   "duration": 15
  }
 },
 "url": "https://directorchair.ai/transition/cut-on-sentence-end",
 "markdown": "https://directorchair.ai/transition/cut-on-sentence-end.md",
 "prompts": {
  "seedance-2.5": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1 (0:00 to 0:05): one continuous shot. Cut: hold each scene on a slow push and cut on the last word of the sentence",
  "seedance-2.0": "Scene: [your subject] in [your setting].\nShot 1: one continuous shot. Cut: hold each scene on a slow push and cut on the last word of the sentence",
  "kling-3": "[your subject]. The scene is [your setting]. Hold each scene on a slow push and cut on the last word of the sentence.",
  "veo-3.1": "[your subject] in [your setting]. Hold each scene on a slow push and cut on the last word of the sentence. Framing and subject stay as in the start image."
 },
 "licence": {
  "code": "MIT",
  "text": "CC BY 4.0",
  "third_party": "Clips and card texts inside a \"licensed\" block belong to their makers and are shown with permission and credit."
 }
}